Example sentences of "come [v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the fell , near where Deepdale meets Dentdale , is a farm called Coventree , which , Miley Taylor told me one night in the Sun Inn , is named after a tree beneath which the hairy crones of Dentdale would hold their covens and throw eye of newt and armpit of toad into the stew while waiting for the Dales equivalent of Macbeth and Banquo to come riding out of the night . |
| 2 | I heard recently that Australia has come whooping out of the closet . |
| 3 | It 's a bit embarrassing to come staggering out of the mist , with a purple face , eyes lost in swollen , battered tissue , gasping for breath , to find people wandering around the path in cardigans and slacks . |
| 4 | A car came speeding out of the fog , mounted the pavement and smashed into them . |
| 5 | Ranulf and Maltote following suit just as the two crossbow quarrels came whirring out of the darkness , skimming the tops of their heads . |
| 6 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 7 | Caspar came bounding out of the tangle of fallen trees below the cliff . |
| 8 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 9 | A daunting figure came looming out of the night . |
| 10 | Zoser came hurrying out of the church and joined his wife . |
| 11 | Two farm hands came rushing out of the barn and ran across the field to the motionless figure . |
| 12 | And Manyara came rushing out of the temple . |
| 13 | Memories came rushing back of the night when Johnny had described this room ; the night she had told him about the time hiccup . |
| 14 | The Argie came flying out of the tank , running from the British heroine . |
| 15 | It came screeching out of the darkness , and not even the thunder could drown the scream of its menace . |
| 16 | Just then Angela , who had seen her crossing the field , came running out of the farmhouse . |
| 17 | At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house . |
| 18 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 19 | ‘ After a minute he came staggering out of the smoke . ’ |
| 20 | A stone came sailing out of the crowd and fell with a clatter on the roof of the burning shack . |
| 21 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 22 | It was quite funny yesterday , because , he , when I went out in the garden there was a football nestling in the rose bushes , I heaved it back over the fence , thirty seconds later the two boys came roaring out of the house , and about thirty seconds after that |
| 23 | People presently came flowing out of the door and spread between the gravestones . |
| 24 | A little boy wearing a balaclava cap too large for him came trotting out of the house . |
| 25 | The next moment , the railway lines began to shake and a train came screaming out of the tunnel . |
| 26 | So when the 9.15 came screaming out of the tunnel , the three children waved … |
| 27 | Another came heaving out of the sea and flopped to where her calf lay , and , delightfully , the baby nuzzled in to suck . |
| 28 | Then the people came streaming out of the church . |
| 29 | Whatever that one was , and , and coming rushing out of the place waiving your hand , and nothing ever happens , the guy never sends is . |
| 30 | A flame from the last day will come lashing out of the telephone |